Android Listview background image shows on each row, why?

Question

I have a ListActivity with a ListView and everything works great; however I am trying to set a background image and the image is appearing in each row and making the row very tall.

How do I make the background for that view so the rows don't pick up the image?

Answer 1

In onCreate() of your ListActivity, call

    getListView().setCacheColorHint(0);
    getListView().setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.backgroundresource);

Without the .setCacheColorHint(0) the background will flash to the original background color every time you scroll. With it added the background is a constant. (Thanks Matt it fixed that issue for me).